Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 20, 2011

After a long wait, opposition coalition APNU tonight released the names of the 26 persons who will take up its seats in Parliament and former General Secretary of the PNC Aubrey Norton is not on.

It might be very much premature to suggest that the opposition parliamentary majority has fallen at the first hurdle but it certainly appears as though they have hit that hurdle……HARD.

The police say they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 1200h.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is yet to name its Parliamentarians for the 10th Parliament slated for commencement in January almost three weeks after the release of elections results on December 1, and so far the selection process has left some less than placated.

The police say they are investigating the murder of miner Jermaine Mc Kenzie, 25 years of Grove Squatting Area, EBD, which occurred at about 0200h today at Blue Mountain, Mazaruni River.

Lloyd Henry was today charged with the murder of Carl Francis, 24, a miner who was stabbed to death at Issano Landing, Mazaruni River last Wednesday during a drunken row.

The media monitors report for the period November 28, 2011 to December 15 has castigated the state-owned Voice of Guyana for airing a report on the morning of the general election which gave the results of a poll done by Vishnu Bisram.

(Trinidad Guardian) A central businessman is one of two men charged with stealing a TT$1 million cashew nut consignment from the Port-of-Spain port who were granted bail yesterday in the amount of $200,000 each. Anthony

(Trinidad Express) Former prime minister Basdeo Panday will not be battling the United National Congress (UNC) internal elections, but his daughter Mickela and a team of young people are in the running.

(Trinidad Express) Former Trinidad and Tobago captain Daren Ganga was told before the Nokia Champions League (CLT20) Twenty20 Tournament in India in September that the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) wanted to remove him as skipper.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Natural Resources Minister Jim Hok is sad about the bauxite industry’s languishing existence.

The Bank of Baroda (Guyana) plans to expand its operations here with the establishment of a branch at Mon Repos on the East Coast of Demerara.

(Barbados Nation) Top figures of Neal & Massy in Trinidad and Tobago are flying into Barbados today for an important meeting with Government officials over the future of Almond Resorts Limited.

(Barbados Nation) Sobbing loudly that he did not want to go to prison, Barbados’ boxing star, Anderson Fitzgerald Emmanuel, was remanded to Her Majesty’s Prisons Dodds yesterday when he appeared in court charged with committing robbery.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Ricky Ponting’s  international future could be in doubt if he fails to make runs,  regardless of the former captain’s standing in the game,  Australia coach Mickey Arthur has said.

Brian Tiwari, Managing Director of BK International, blames the delays in the granting of tax and other concessions for hindering the start of some sea defence projects and he reiterated his company’s ability to manage the large European Union-funded contracts and to complete them by the contract date.

Three out of four persons who were charged following a huge cocaine bust in November and remanded to prison were released on their own recognizance yesterday, after their names mysteriously disappeared from the case jacket.

Berbician Diane Williams, is now in recovery after being the 11th beneficiary of a transplant programme offered at the Balwant Singh Hospital.

Digicel CEO Gregory Dean yesterday said his company is optimistic that the configuration of the new Parliament will lead to the long-anticipated liberalization of the telecommunications sector.

The bound and gagged body of a 74-year-old farmer was on Sunday discovered in his Mahaica, East Coast Demerara home and five persons were in custody for questioning up to last evening.

A Sophia man yesterday sustained minor injuries after he slammed into a vehicle in an attempt to escape the police moments after he was reportedly seen with a firearm on Cemetery Road, La Penitence.

The Guyana Defence Force Football Club has been suspended from all football-related activities by its umbrella body Georgetown Football Association (GFA)  pending a hearing as to why the club was yanked from participating in the GFA/Banks DIH Knockout Tournament by its top brass.

There should be sensitivity training for police and the creation of domestic violence units at each police station to better respond to victims of domestic violence.

The section of roadway in front of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) headquarters, which was closed during the recent elections period,

A motorcyclist was yesterday found with an unlicensed gun and matching rounds in his possession and is in police custody

Bakwell Buxton Stars and Seawall FC were the latest winners when action in the 22nd annual Kashif and Shanghai tournament continued at the Uitvlugt Community Center ground on Sunday evening.

A man charged with robbery with aggravation had the charge dropped yesterday after the virtual complainant (VC) informed the court that he did not want to pursue the matter against Ray Payne, who was charged with robbery with aggravation.

Tournament favourites Pele and the Kashif and Shanghai tournament to a lesser extent, received a boost with Canadian-born Golden Jaguars representative Julien Edwards linking up with the Pele side for the remainder of the competition.

The body of an unidentified man clad in a pair of blue jeans and cream/beige t-shirt was fished out of the canal at Prospect,

National scrabble champion Abigail McDonald overwhelmed 12 other players to win the Scrabble Scramble competition organized by the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) on Sunday at the Malteenoes Sports Club.

Although there has been an increase in the number of students attending extra lessons, this has not resulted in an increase in passes in Mathematics and English, according to new Education Minister Priya Manickchand.

National player Walter Moore scored for Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA’ to help them defeat the Defence Force in the Digicel Trinidad and Tobago Pro League Friday night.

The recent success of the Golden Jaguars football team in the ongoing 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign completely disguises the fact that local football is in a state of utter lawlessness even as the acting president is attending a FIFA meeting in Zurich.

The Aurora Land Development project, an empoldering programme aimed at assisting small farmers on the Essequibo Coast is moving apace and Minister within the Agriculture Ministry Ali Baksh stated that machinery and the relevant surveys are in the process of being finalised.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) announces that the Male Surgical Wards 1 and 2 have been relocated to the first floor of its new in-patient facility.

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Koreans poured into the streets yesterday to mourn the death of leader Kim Jong-il and state media hailed his untested son as the “Great Successor” of the reclusive state whose atomic weapons ambitions are a major threat to the region.

The University of Guyana (UG) subdued  Bishops’ High School on Sunday night  in the opening game of the 2011 and second edition of the Titans Bowl Basketball Tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when it bounced off.

(Reuters) – More than 100 people have been killed in Syria, rights activists said, as the Arab League announced an advance party would be sent to the country this week to pave the way for monitors who will try to help end nine months of violence.

Round of 16 action in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer Knockout Cup continued on Sunday evening with Riddim Squad Football Club and Georgetown Football Club (GFC)

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Rawle Rickford Coleman who escaped from police custody on Thursday last.

Dear Editor, In a few days to Christmas Donald brought to us… suspension and investigation of Henry, charges against Kwame while Lumumba‘s fate is to be decided.

Dear Editor, Kindly allow me to respond to Mr A Rodrigues from Canada in a letter to SN, on December 15 titled ‘We wait to see who will walk the walk on corruption.‘

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – India have fought some epic battles with Australia but now embark on a test tour with what many believe is their best chance of humbling the wearers of the baggy green caps in their own back yard for the first time.

FORT MEADE, MD (Reuters) – Military prosecutors sought to link US Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning directly to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange yesterday at a hearing to determine whether Manning will be court-martialled in the biggest leak of classified documents in American history.

Dear Editor, Clinton Urling writes (‘Hopefully our political leaders will rise to the occasion’ SN, Dec 18): “The proportional representation list system does not address directly the ethnic voting realities in Guyana.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian police and soldiers using batons and teargas have fought opponents of army rule in Cairo for a fourth day, taking the death toll since Friday to 13, according to medical sources.

When the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the treason matter against Guyana Defence Force Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol Ann Munroe and ex-soldier Leonard Wharton continued yesterday, Lieutenant Colonel Sydney James took the stand and continued his evidence led by Director of Public Prosecutions Shalimar Ali-Hack.

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba, trying to lure people back to the land and lift food production, has modified a land lease program so that private farmers can rent more land and keep it in their family as if they owned it, farmers said over the weekend.

(Reuters) – Elite male athletes who participate in high-contact sports such as football, soccer and rugby have a higher risk of developing knee and hip osteoarthritis than men who exercise little or not at all, a Swedish study found.

Main Street was a hive of activity last evening

CARACAS (Reuters) – In September, he played baseball in the midday sun.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the news item emanating from a letter written by Capt Gerry Gouveia to Brigadier (rtd) David Granger (‘Upset Gouveia writes Granger over Duke Lodge protests,’ SN December 17).

CARIFTA Swimming Championships gold medalist Jessica Stephenson collected an overall six gold and two bronze medals to win the title of girls’ 15 and over age group champion at the Blue Waters Invitational Age Group Championships which concluded last Sunday at the Marlins Swimming Pool, Trinidad.

The Main Big lime will be hosted as usual by the Ministry of Tourism on Boxing Day, December 26.

Christmas cheer for the Palms

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry further remanded a Brazilian national charged with uttering a forged document and conspiracy to commit a felony, when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

CARACAS (Reuters) – The United States believes in-creasingly warm ties between Venezuela, Iran and Cuba do not benefit the Venezuelan people, US President Barack Obama said in an interview with a Venezuelan newspaper published yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – President of the Barbados Olympic Association Steve Stoute said the island is likely to field its smallest team ever for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

As of January 1, 2012 Hasan Tuluy will be the World Bank’s Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean By Hasan Tuluy Latin America and the Caribbean began 2011 on an economic high.

Dear Editor, Your edition of December 17 carried a letter captioned ‘The buck stops with the people’ by Karen Abrams.

Results for the last olympics

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is expected to attend a regional summit in Uruguay today in what would be his first official trip abroad since undergoing cancer surgery in June, the Uruguayan foreign minister said yesterday.

David Haslam is a researcher at the UK’s National Obesity Forum.

The address of the woman, who appeared in the Barbados Magistrates’ court  last Saturday charged with possession, importation, trafficking and intent to supply illegal drugs, which was given as lot 185 prospect East Bank Demerara  was wrongly reported by the Barbados Nation and subsequently in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News .

Children in the Albouystown area were treated on Thursday

Egypt continues to provide Washington with sobering lessons in the frailties of US foreign policy, a policy that remains rooted in an archaic world view that perceives America’s vital interests around the globe as surpassing in their importance even the popular will of other nations and peoples.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC/IANS – Batsmen around the World may start to shiver in their boots, after Fidel Edwards threatened to touch the 160 kilometre-an-hour mark in the next year.

Dear Editor, The combined opposition votes outnumber the ruling party’s. Political analysts should begin to find the reasons why the PPP lost so many votes and the opposition gained so many.